Diabetes, elevated blood pressure and cholesterol
Simply Symptoms
Diabetes , elevated blood pressure and cholesterol are simply symptoms that results from problems with diet, lifestyle, and environmental toxins interacting with our unique genetic susceptibilities. - Dr. Mark Hyman
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Key To High Blood Pressure
Treating the cause is the key to help with high blood pressure. Most high blood pressure is actually cause by insulin resistance. Stress, Magnesium or Potassium deficiency, Omega 3 fat deficiency, Obstructive sleep apnea, Lifestyle habits, and Environmental toxin such as Lead and Mercury are other possible causes of high blood pressure that is often overlooked.
High Cholesterol
CHOLESTEROL: FRIEND OR FOE
What comes to your mind when you hear the word cholesterol? Heart Attack, Stroke, Clogged Arteries. or even a big thick hamburger. Cholesterol is often label as the villain. Although, do you know you need cholesterol for the following:
- Cholesterol is critical in the functional of every cell in the body,
- Vitamin D, and digestive juice's all comes from cholesterol
- Hormones such as Testosterone, Progesterone, Estrogen comes from cholesterol
- The cells membrane is a cholesterol-rich structure vital for health
- The more cholesterol in your brain, the less your risk of dementia depression and other neurologic disease
At 314 Weight Loss we search for the reason and wholesticly correct the issue that is causing your high cholesterol not mask or bandage the symptoms.
HEART DISEASE
Are you at increased risk?
- Obesity is a common problem in the United States. Current research suggests that one in three Americans is obese.
Obesity and overweight are linked to several factors that increase ones risk for cardiovascular disease (coronary artery disease and stroke):
- High blood lipids, especially high triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, and total cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol High blood pressure
- Impaired glucose tolerance or type-2 (also called adult onset) diabetes
- Metabolic syndrome
Obesity and overweight are also linked to hypertension and an enlarged left ventricle (left ventricular hypertrophy), increasing risk for heart failure. In addition, overweight and obesity can be related to some cancers, gallbladder disease and osteoarthritis.
To determine if your weight is linked to increase risk of heart disease, two measurements are used:
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Waist Circumference
(Clevland Clinic .org)